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AEITHMETIO. 



College of the City of New York, June, 1888. 

Time, 1-J hours. 

Write on but one side of the paper and do not write anything in the margin, not 
even the numbers of the answers. 

Separate the answers to the different questions by horizontal lines drawn across 
the whole sheet. 

Do not copy the questions, but number each answer and mark each subdivision 
of the answer with the same letter (a), (6), or (c), etc., used in the questions. 

Leave all the work upon the paper, not the results merely. Let each calculation 
appear in full. 

In working the last four examples, the reasons for each step must be indicated. 

See that your number is written at the top of each sheet, in the middle, and that 
each page is numbered at the upper right-hand corner. 

1 . (a) When is a common fraction said to be in its lowest 
terms ? 

(b) When are four numbers said to form a proportion ? 

(c) What is meant by the present worth of a sum of 
money due six months hence ? 

(d) What is a minuend ? a subtrahend ? a quotient ? 

2. (a) Eeduce to its simplest form the following expression : 

fof2jof| f . 

3 n f q JL A 2. • *S 
Y oi °2 9 

(5) Add together (using the least Common Dividend) 



D ¥> 



A 1 5. 
2> 6' 



(c) Divide If by — 

TT 



3. (a) What is the effect of multiplying the denominator 
of a fraction by a whole number ? 

(i) Explain the reason of this. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form : 

Forty hundred thousandths. 

Nine hundred and twenty-four millionths. 

Two thousand, one hundred and twelve thousandths. 
(J) Divide 5.6 by .00014. 
(c) Reduce yf^ to a decimal. 



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5. {a) Add the following decimals : 3.123, .00004, 200.1. 

(b) Subtract 2.0046 from 3.3. 

(c) Multiply 1.001 by 33.004. 

(d) What denominator is always understood with every 
decimal fraction ? 

6. (a) What is the effect upon the value of a decimal frac- 
tion of moving the decimal point one place to the right ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

7. If it costs $100 to carpet a room 24 feet long and 21 feet 
wide with carpet of a certain quality, how much will it cost 
to carpet a room which is 31 feet 6 inches long, and 18 feet 
wide, with carpet worth 20$ more per yard ? 

8. A dealer bought in the country 500 bushels of potatoes 
for 50 cents a bushel and shipped them to New York for sale. 
The freight was 2| cents per bushel ; cartage in New York 
on the whole was 17.50, and one-tenth of them were damaged 
on the way so as to be unsalable. At what price per bushel 
must he sell the remainder so as neither to make nor lose on 
the transaction ? 

9. A man spends 25$ of his capital for a house, puts 60$ 
of the remainder into his business, and invests the rest in 
bonds bearing 6$ interest. From these bonds he receives an 
income of 11,200 per annum. What is his entire capital ? 

10. A, B, and C can together do a piece of work in 3 days. 
A alone can do it in 12 days; and B alone can do it in 6 days. 
In how many days can C alone do it ? 



College of the City of New York, 1889. 

Time, 1£ hours. 
1 . (a) Define a common fraction ; 

(b) A compound fraction; 

(c) A decimal fraction. 

(d) Give the rule for the multiplication of one decimal 
fraction by another. 

(e) What is discount ? 



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4 

2. (a) Add the following fractions : f of £ of T 3 ¥ , — , § . 

TO 

(5) Find the value of the following : -* _ A of f - — ^ 

3 Jofy 

3. («) Write in a decimal form : TT foT- tfo- fiHr • 

(b) How do you most easily multiply a decimal by 10 ? 

(c) Divide 16. by 4.; by 400.; by .004 

(d) Multiply 41 by .0006 

4. In multiplying f by f explain why cancelling the 3 in 
the numerator and denominator will give a correct result. 

5. Divide 3.25 by .5 and explain the reason of the rule for 
pointing off the decimal places in the quotient. 

6. What sum of money put at interest for 2 years- 9 months 
and 9 days, at 6$ per annum, will produce $2,951.80 ? 

7. A certain cistern can be filled by one pipe in 10 hours, 
by another in 6 hours, and can be emptied by a third in 5 
hours. In how many hours can it be filled if all three pipes 
are opened at once ? 

8. An importer bought in France 1,000 pieces of a certain 
goods at 140 per piece. The duty paid on importing the 
goods was 50$ of the cost, and the freight and other charges 
were in all $1,500. For how much per piece must he sell the 
goods so as to make 20$ ? 

9. Two men start from two towns 105 miles apart and walk 
toward each other. They meet at the end of 15 hours. The 
first has travelled 3 miles per hour. At what rate has the 
second travelled ? 

10. If 10 men working 8 hours per day can build a cer- 
tain wall in 6 days, how many hours a day must 12 men 
work to build the same wall in 4 days ? 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

1. (a) What is a common fraction ? 
(i) What is a decimal fraction ? 

(c) What is ratio ? 

(d) When are four numbers said to be in proportion ? 






a- foffof -A toff. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — ARITHMETIC. 7 

2. (a) Divide If by t 

o 

(b) Reduce the following fractions to equivalent frac- 
tions having their least common denominator: 

2f 
3 

(c) Add together the results obtained in (b). 

3. («) What fraction of -f is ^ ? 

(Z») Find the value of -^ of a mile in rods, yards, feet, 
and inches. 

(c) Eeduce -^ to a decimal fraction. 

4. What is the effect of dividing the denominator of a 
given common fraction by 4 ? Explain the reason of this. 

5. (a) Write in decimal form the following: 

Ten and ten hundredths; nine millionths; thirty 
thousandths; thirteen hundred and forty-two hundredths. 
{b) Add .003, 1.25, 20006. 
(c) Divide .048 by 1600. 

6. (a) Multiply .26 by .0035. 

(b) Divide .006 by 10 by the shortest method. 

(c) Explain the reason of this method. 

7. If 4 men working 8 hours per day can mow a meadow 
in 3 days, how many men working 9 hours per day can mow 
a meadow three times as large in 4 days ? 

8. A, B, and entered into partnership for one year. A 
put in $5,000, B $6,000, and O $4,000. At the end of 6 
months A withdrew $2,000 and C put in $8,000 more. The 
profits at the end of the year were $6,000. What was each 
man's share ? 

9. A bought merchandise from B for $10,000 and gave his 
note for 6 months, without grace, with interest at 6$. Just 
when the note was due he sold the goods to C for $12,000, 
taking C's note at 3 months without interest, which his bank 
discounted for him the same day. After paying his note to 
B, how much money had he remaining ? 

10. A drover bought a drove of 50 cattle for $2,000. He 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 8 

sold \ of them at a gain of 10$ on the average price, and \ of 
them at a gain of 15$. Half of the remainder, however, were 
so injured in a railroad accident that he could only obtain 
$100 for them. For what price apiece must he sell the rest 
so that his total loss shall be $100 ? 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

Time, 1^ hours. 

1 . (a) What is meant by the ratio of one quantity to an- 
other ? 

(b) What is meant by the Greatest Common Divisor of 
several numbers ? Give an example. 

(c) What is meant by a minuend ? by a quotient ? 

(d) When is a common fraction said to be in its lowest 
terms ? 

2. {a) Eeduce to its simplest form the following expression : 

8 

(b) Find the value of the following : f + f — t + f • 

(c) Eeduce £f to a decimal fraction. 

3. (a) Find the value of ^f-y of a mile in the lower de- 
nominations. 

(b) What is the effect upon the value of a fraction if 
we multiply the denominator by three ? 

(c) Explain the reason of the last answer. 

4. (a) Write in decimal form the following: 

Ten ten -thousandths. 

One thousand and twenty-four ten-millionths. 

Thirty-two and four thousandths. 

(b) Multiply .0036 by 1.02. 

(c) Divide 2.56 by .0016. 

5. (a) If a cipher is added at the right of the decimal 
what effect has this on the value of the decimal ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 9 

6. (a) What part of f is f ? 

(b) What is the easiest method of multiplying a decimal 
by 10 ? 

(c) Eeduce 20 square rods to the decimal of an acre. 

7. If by selling a house for $12,600 a builder gains 12|#, 
what per cent would he have lost by selling it for $8,400 ? 

8. A, B, and began a partnership on January 1st. A put 
in $10,000; B, $6,000; and C, $3,000. At the end of 6 
months B put in $4,000 more, but A withdrew $2,000. At 
the end of the year they had on hand $18,000 in cash and 
goods valued at $12,000. At this time the property was di- 
vided and the firm dissolved, A taking all the goods as part 
of his share. How much cash did each of the three receive ? 

9. A traveller going from one town to another walks ^ of 
the distance on his first day's journey, \ of the remainder on 
the second day, 20 miles on the third day, and finds he has 
T 4 ¥ of the distance still to go. What is the distance ? 

10. A dealer bought 1,200 barrels of flour at $6 per barrel 
and shipped them to New York by railroad. An accident on 
the road destroyed ^ of them. He sold the remainder at $7.50 
per barrel. His freight and cartage were $312. He sued the 
railroad company and recovered some damages, but his legal 
expenses were $350. At the close of the transaction he found 
he had made, over all expenses, just $138. How much did 
he receive from the railroad company ? 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

Time, 1-| hours. 

1. (a) What is meant by a decimal fraction ? 

(b) Define a minuend; a multiplicand ; a quotient. 

(c) In every common fraction what is shown by the 
denominator ? What by the numerator ? 

2. («) Reduce to its simplest form the following expression : 

H 7 8" 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 10 

(b) Reduce the following fractions to their least com- 

* • + 3 2 2 . 15 

mon denominator : — , — , — of — . 

4' 9' 3 16 

(c) Find the value of \ of % + i — tV 

3. (a) What part of f is f ? 

(5) Eeduce -g-f-g- to a decimal fraction. 
(c) Multiply .05 by 3.2. 

4. (a) If the numerator of a common fraction is divided 
by 3, what is the effect upon the value of the fraction ? 

(b) If the denominator is divided by 3, what is the 
effect upon the value of the fraction ? 

(c) Explain the reason of this last result. 

5. (a) Write in decimal form: Ninety millionths; thirty 
ten thousandths; ten, and twenty-five thousandths. 

(b) Divide .064 by .000016. 

(c) Add .003, 12.06, 1.1. 

(d) Subtract 2.3 from 4.006. 

6. (a) What is the effect on the value of a decimal of mov- 
ing the decimal point two places to the right ? 

(b) Explain the reason of this. 

(c) In multiplication of two decimals how many deci- 
mal places are to be pointed off in the product ? 

(d) Explain the reason of this rule. 

7. How much is 5-f- tons of coal worth, if 17f tons are 
worth $100 ? 

8. A person expended 16$ of all he was worth in buying 
20$ of the stock of a Mining Company. If the entire stock 
of the company sold for $160,000, what must the person have 
been worth ? 

9. Four men undertook to do a piece of work in 18 days 
and worked at it 6 hours a day for 10 days, when they found 
they had finished only £ of it. How many more men did 
they have to engage in order to finish the job by the time 
agreed upon, provided they all worked thereafter for 10 hours 
each day ? 

10. A provision merchant bought 100 barrels of apples at 
a farm-house at $1 per barrel, and paid 5 cents per barrel to 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS— ARITHMETIC. 11 

have them taken to the railroad station. Then he paid $50 
freight on them to New York and 120 cartage in the city. 
They were sold at once for $3 per barrel, but the commission 
merchant charged him 10$ commission on the sale. Also 
when some of the barrels were opened the apples were found 
to be damaged and he had to repay the purchasers $20 on 
account of this. How much did he gain in all ? 



Normal College, 1888. 



1. Define quantity, number, figure. Explain the differ- 
ence between number and figure. Explain briefly the Eoman 
method of notation. Write the present year in Eoman char- 
acters. What is a common fraction ? Upon what does the 
value of a fraction depend ? Why are fractions reduced to a 
common denominator before they can be added ? 

2. A man has 20| acres in one field, 40^ acres in another, 
and f as many acres in a third as in the other two; how many 
has he altogether ? 

3. What is ratio ? What is proportion ? Why must the 
first and second terms of a proportion be of the same name 
or kind ? 

It requires £ of a bushel of oats to keep 4 horses £ of a 
day; how many horses will 9 bushels feed f of a day ? 

4. What is per cent ? Write decimally -J of lf . 

Bought apples at \ of a cent each and sold them at \ 
of a cent each; required the gain per cent. 

5. What is the face of a note at 90 days, the proceeds of 
which, discounted at a bank at 6$, are $2,000 ? 

6. A man bought a house, agreeing to pay \ in 4 months, 
\ in 9 months, and the remainder in a year. Find the aver- 
age time of credit. 

7. Sold $460 uncurrent money at f$ discount. Find the 
discount and market value. 

8. What principal will in 3 three years, 8 months, 15 days, 
at 6f , give $76,091 interest ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 12 

Normal College, June, 1889. 
Time, 2 hours. 

.3 (lv 1_0\ 

1. Express as a decimal f X v? 6 ' . 

2. A can do a piece of work inf of an hour; B can do £ of 
it in one hour. In what time can both do it ? 

3. What is the difference between the interest and the 
time discount of $576 due 16 months hence at 6$ ? 

4. What decimal of 7 bu. 1 pk. 5 qt. is 82 bu. 3 pk. 1 qt.? 

5. How much can be realized yearly from an investment 
of 16,900 in a 4^$ stock, bought at 86, brokerage \i<, ? 

6. The interest on a note for 2 y. 6 mo. at l<f was $118.23. 
What was the face of the note ? 

7. Bought the following bills on 4 months: September 
9th, 1880, $140; October 9th, $160; November 6th, $200. 
What is the average time of payment ? 

8. A merchant sold goods for $150 and lost 10$, whereas 
he should have gained 30$. How much were they sold under 
their proper value ? 

9. If 25 men working 8 hours a day do f of a piece of 
work in 24 days, in how many days of 10 hours each will 30 
men finish the piece of work ? 

10. In what time will $12,000 yield $2,500 at 4£$ ? 



Normal College, 1890. 

1. When is a fraction said to be written in the vulgar 
form ? In the decimal form ? Write seven thousandths in 
both forms. Express 133^$ decimally; also as a vulgar frac- 
tion without reduction and as a vulgar fraction reduced 
to its lowest terms. State two ways of making a fraction 
smaller. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 13 

2. Find the result of the following operations : 

60 — .012 + (|—|) .008. 

3. A sold B goods for $394 at a loss of 1|$. B sold them 
to C at a profit of \\<fc. Did they cost C more or less than 
A, and how much ? 

4. All my money is invested at 7$ and my annual income 
is $1,735. How much money have I ? 

5. A merchant bought velvet at $5 a yard; how much must 
he ask for it that he may make a discount of 10$ from 
his asking price and still realize a profit of 15$ ? 

6. How much income annually will be obtained by invest- 
ing $8,010 in 6$ bonds selling at 89 ? 

7. The interest of $500 at 6$ for a certain time is $60; 
what principal will yield $75 interest in half the time at 8$? 

8. What is the cost of 2 tons, 15 cwt., 2 qr., 15 lbs. of hay 
at $21.50 a ton ? also at $1.12 a cwt.? 



Normal College, 1891. 



1. Define the following terms employed in arithmetic: 
Quantity, number, abstract number, multiplication, propor- 
tion. 

Explain the reason for multiplying the second and third 
terms together and dividing by the first term in solving an 
example in simple proportion. 

— of * * — of 3 2 

2. — — 1 ~ is what part of - — - — - ? 
ii of H * i of 5^ 

3. Columbus is 83° 3' west longitade, and when it is 37 
min. 33 sec. past 1 p.m. it is 11 o'clock a.m. in San Francisco. 
What is the longitude of the latter city ? 

4. Divide thirty-two hundred-millionths by sixty-four ten- 
thousandths. 

5. A, B, and C gained by speculation $11,480, of which 
A's share was twice as much as C's, and B's five times as much 
as C's. How much did each gain ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS— ARITHMETIC. 14 

6. A man owes $600, of which one- third is to be paid in 
one year and the remainder in two years. What is the present 
value, money worth 6$ ? 

7. I bought a watch for $120 and set such a price on it 
that after falling $12 I still made 15$ on the purchase. 
What per cent did I abate from the asking price ? 

8. A pole was broken 52 feet from the bottom and fell so 
that the end struck 39 feet from the foot. Eequired the 
length of the pole. 

9. Extract the cube root of W s - to five places of decimals. 

10. Sold a horse so that f of the gain equalled y\ of the 
cost. What was the gain per cent ? 



Normal College, 1892. 

Time, 2 hours. 

1. (a) Define prime number. 

(b) When is one number said to be prime to another ? 

(c) Define the least common multiple and the greatest 
common divisor of a number. 

(d) Define commercial or bank discount. 



2. Simplify H ~ 5 ^* l45 i7 lV 

~s ~r 2 14 

o c . v . .321 X .321 — .179 X .179 - K 

3. Sunphfy . 321 _ . 179 <> f 5 - 

4. Divide 3,432 into 3 parts proportional to 3, 4, and 5. 

5. At 3 cents a pound how many tons of iron can be bought 
for $396.18 ? 

6. If 50 men can build 50 rods of wall in 75 days, how 
many men will be required to build 80 rods of wall f as thick 
and f- as high in 40 days ? 

7. A lawyer having a debt of $1,536 to collect, compromises 
for 95$. What is his commission at 4|$ and what does he 
remit to his employer ? 

8. A broker bought for me 76 shares of bank stock (par 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ARITHMETIC. 15 

value of each share 150) at 47-?. What did the stock cost 
me, the brokerage being \<? ? 

9. Two vessels sailed from the same port, one sails north 
3 miles an hour, the other west 4 miles an hour. How 
far are they apart in two days ? 

10. Extract the cube root of 633839.779. 



ENGLISH. 



College of the City of New York, May, 1888. 

1. Use each of the following words in a separate sentence, 
showing the correct use of the word : 

(a) Betrayed; (b) apparent; (c) faltering; (d) sympa- 
thy; (e) anonymous. 

2. (a) What is a participle ? Give an example of an im- 
perfect participle. 

(b) What is the comparative degree of adjectives ? Give 
the comparative of " ill." 

(c) What are modes, or moods? What mood is em- 
ployed in the example " if lie were " ? 

(d) How do intransitive and passive verbs differ ? Make 
a sentence of at least ten words, using an intransitive verb as 
the predicate. 

(e) State the difference between an interrogative and a 
relative pronoun. Construct a sentence showing the use of 
both pronouns. 

3. Construct a compound sentence of not less than twenty 
words, one of the clauses of which shall be complex. 

4. Construct a complex sentence of not less than fifteen 
words, with an infinitive phrase as the subject. 

5. Analyze the following: 

" Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! 
Let the dead Past bury its dead ! " 

6. Analyze the following : 

" In the middle of the night, and under all the rest of 
our distresses, one of the men, that had been down on pur- 
pose to see, cried out we had sprung a leak." 

7. The following examples, showing the careless use of lan- 
guage in advertisements, are from an article in Chambers' 
Journal. You are required to correct the errors and give a 
short reason for the corrections. 

2 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ENGLISH. 18 

(a) A shop in Cheapside wurns everybody against vm- 
. scrupulous persons "who infringe our title to deceive the 
public." 

(i) The proprietor of an eating-house near the docks 
has on his door a notice to the gallant tars who frequent the 
port : " Sailors' vitals cooked here." 

(c) A boarding-house keeper announces in one of the 
papers that " he has a cottage to let containing eight rooms 
and an acre of land." 

(d) A dealer in cheap shoes makes this announcement: 
" Ladies wishing these cheap shoes will do well to call soon 
as they will not last long." 

(e) The same carelessness appears in the following: 
"This hotel will be kept open by a widow of the former 
landlady who died last summer on a new and improved 
plan." 

8. Write a short letter, the body of which shall not be less 
than twelve lines in length, properly dated, addressed to your 
uncle, and signed Thomas Gilbert; announcing that your 
father is about to sail for Europe; mentioning the length of 
time he is likely to be absent and the countries he intends 
to visit, and adding such other particulars as would be proper 
in a letter of this sort. 



College of the City of New York, 1889. 

Analyze the following sentences, 1 and 2. If the candi- 
date prefers to diagram one or both of them he may do so. 

1. "In the Acadian land, on the shores of the basin of Minas 

Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre 
Lay in the fruitful valley." 

2. "Alas! the meanest herb that scents the gale, 

The lowliest flower that blossoms in the vale 
Even where it dies, at Spring's sweet call renews 
To second life its odors and its hues." 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEKS — ENGLISH. 19 

3. (a) What is a sentence ? Name the different kinds of 
sentences. 

(i) What is a phrase ? Name the different kinds of 
phrases. 

(c) What is the difference between a phrase and a clause ? 

(d) What is the difference between a compound and a 
complex sentence ? 

4. Correct the errors in the following examples, a, t, c, 
and d, being particular to give in each case the reason for the 
correction; and answer the inquiry in e. 

(a) " Who is there ? It is me." 

(b) " If you had been working all morning like we have 
you would be glad to rest." 

(c) " You can't deny but what you received notice." 

(d) " If any pupil has seen the lost book, I shall be glad 
if they will let me know." 

(e) " If he were here, he would answer for himself." 
Why is were used after lie ? 

5. (a) In what ways is the plural of nouns formed ? Give 
an example of each. 

(b) Give the feminine of the following nouns : Bachelor, 
Boy, Drake, Earl, Gander, Earn, Hart, Wizard. 

(c) What is meant by a part of speech ? What is in- 
flection in grammar ? 

(d) What part of speech undergoes the most change by 
inflection ? Give the singular and plural of one example. 

(e) What are the two simple rules for the use of the 
auxiliaries shall and will ? 



College of the City of New York, 1890. . 

1. Give the plural of court-martial, genus, spoonful; the 
feminine of abbot, hero; the superlative of ill, much, forth, 
far; the past participle of begin, shake, drive, cleave, swim. 

Change the following nouns into adjectives by means of 
suffixes: Gold, truth, boy, love, virtue, question. 






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COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — ENGLISH. 20 

2. State the class, mood, and tense of the verbs in the fol- 
lowing sentences: 

The dream was fled. 
The Lord judge between thee and me. 
I shall not look upon his like again. 
Many acts that had been otherwise blamable were done 
by him. 

3. Analyze the following sentences : 

(a) Epictetus says : " Every matter has two handles, 
one of which will bear taking hold of, the other not." 

(i) Art thou not content that thou hast done something 
conformable to thy nature, and dost thou seek to be paid for 
it, just as if the eye demanded a recompense for seeing ? 

4. Correct the errors in the following sentences: 
I expect it rained here yesterday. 

The soil is adapted for wheat and corn. 
We sorrow not as them that have no hope. 
She is fairer, but not so amiable, as her sister. 
No one ever sustained such mortifications as I have 
done to-day. 

5. Write a simple sentence containing a participial and an 
infinitive phrase. 

Write a compound sentence having two co-ordinate 
members, one of which shall be simple and the other complex. 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

1. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give 
the reason in each case for the correction: 

(o) You cannot expect for a long time to write like 
he did. 

( . ■ u , ... i 01 Id friend who had sent 

me a flattering message, and 1 wondered did he mean it. 

(c) Everybody nowadays publishes memoirs; everybody 
has recollections which they think worthy of recording. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEKS — ENGLISH. 21 

(d) Let there be but matter and opportunity offered 
and you shall see them quickly to revive again. 

(e) The being abandoned by our friends is very de- 
plorable. 

2. Analyze the following sentence: 

"High on a throne of royal state, that far 
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, 
Or where the gorgeous east with richest hand 
Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold, 
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised 
To that bad eminence." 

3. In how many and what ways do we denote comparison 
of adjectives ? Give an example of each. 

4. Give the principal parts of the following verbs. If 
there are two forms of any principal part give both : 

Dive, Bereave, Cleave (to split), Swim, Abide, Thrive, 
Bead, Quit, Swing, Breed. 

5. Give the general rule for the correct use of "shall" 
and "will." 

6. Write a letter to James B. Murray, asking a situation 
as clerk, stating your fitness for the place by education, age, 
and any other qualification you deem important. Sign the 
letter with the name George Thomson and be careful not to 
sign it with your own name. 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

1. "We frequently hear it said : " That is lad grammar." 
Explain what is meant by "bad grammar." 

2. Why is it considered wrong to say (a) " most perfect," 
(b) "most circular," (c) " supremest," (d) " chief est," (e) "most 
infinite " f 

3. Correct the errors in the following sentences and give a 
reason or rule for each correction : 

(a) That awkward country boy learns faster than us all. 

(b) There is nothing to prevent him going. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — ENGLISH. 22 

(c) My mother gave me three tea-spoonsful of the 
medicine. 

(d) I asked the carpenter to lend me his two feet rule. 

(e) His teacher learns her boys better than our teacher 
learns us. 

(/) I called but you was not at home. 
(g) I says to him : " Run away as fast you can/' 
(h) I will try and catch the horse. 
(i) The next New Year's day I shall be at school 
three years. 

( /) I know that he cannot do this like I did it. 

4. What are tenses and moods in Grammar ? Give the 
first person plural of the tenses in the different moods of the 
active verb " strike." 

5. "Why do we use pronouns ? Show the advantage gained 
by the use of " he " and " which " in constructing one sen- 
tence out of the following: 

" Cassar crossed the Rubicon. The Rubicon is a river not far 
from Rome. Caesar found no opposition on entering Rome." 
N. B. — Substitute another word for the second " Rome." 

6. Construct a sentence about George "Washington (a) with 
an object clause; (b) also one with a subject clause; (c) also 
one with a subject infinitive phrase. Underline each clause 
and the phrase. 

7. Turn this poetry into prose. 

(a) " My heart leaps up when I behold 

(b) A rainbow in the sky; 

(c) So was it when my life began, 

(d) So is it now I am a man, 

(<?) So be it when I shall grow old, 
(/) Or let me die!" 

8. In the foregoing selection parse the word "wJien" in 
line (a); the word "was" in line (c); the word "be" in line 
(e); and the words "let" and "die" in line (/). 

9. Analyze the following sentence: 

"The bliss of man, — could man that blessing find — 
Is not to act or think beyond mankind." 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEKS — ENGLISH. 23 

10. Write a composition of not less than 75 words in length 
on one of the following subjects: 

(a) " The Chicago Fair." 

(b) "Is a cable-road better than a horse-railroad ? " 

(c) " Why is rapid transit desirable ? " 

(d) "Describe Eiverside Drive." 

(e) " Describe the Brooklyn Bridge." 

(/) "Why do I (you) seek admission to college?" 
Notice that the punctuation, capitals, grammar, and good 
sense of your composition will be carefully criticised, and be 
careful to write the composition on a separate sheet. 



Normal College, June, 1888. 

1. Name the different kinds of pronouns. Write a sen- 
tence to illustrate each kind. 

Write a sentence with the word what used as an ad- 
jective. 

Correct " Men and Boys Clothing." 

2. What is a compound sentence ? Write an example. 
Write a complex sentence. Show the difference between a 
compound and a complex sentence. Write a compound sen- 
tence with four co-ordinate clauses. 

3. Write a sentence containing the word order as a noun 
and as a verb. Give an illustration of a descriptive adjective 
used as a noun; of a numeral adjective used as a noun. 

Construct a sentence with a verb in the active voice and 
change it into the passive voice without altering the meaning. 

4. " At the first stage of his journey, a trial of his tenderest 
feelings awaited him in a public dinner given him at Alexan- 
dria, by his neighbors and personal friends, among whom he 
had lived in the constant interchange of kind offices, and who 
were so well aware of the practical beneficence of his private 
character." — Washington Irving. 

Analyze the above sentence very briefly. Tell the kind 
of sentence. Write out and number each clause and give the 
modifiers of had lived. 

5. Parse given, him (after given), had lived, aware, and so. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS— ENGLISH. 24 

Normal College, 1889. 
Time, 1| hours. 
I am the besom that must sweep the court clean of such 
filth as thou art. Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the 
youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. It will be 
proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually 
talk of a noun and a verb, and such abominable words as no 
Christian ear can endure to hear. Henry VI. 

1. What kind of a sentence is the first sentence ? 

2. What kind of a sentence is the second sentence ? 

3. What kind of a sentence is the third sentence ? 

4. In the first sentence write the kind of clauses according 
to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial. 

5. In the third sentence write the kind of clauses accord- 
ing to the divisions known as noun, adjective, and adverbial. 

6. Define clause and phrase. 

7. Parse the following words : Besom, that (1), must, sweep, 
clean, grammar-school, in, that (2), that (3), such. 

8. Write the potential mood, past perfect (pluperfect) tense 
of the verb to write. 

9. What is a passive verb ? How is it formed ? Write a 
compound sentence of three clauses containing the passive 
voice of the verbs love, esteem, reverence. 

10. Construct a complex sentence with two adverbial and 
one adjective clause. 



Normal College, 1889. (2d paper.) 

Time, 1-J hours. 

1. Write a letter of application for a position as teacher 
in the ward in which you live. 

[Credit will be given for arrangement, for correctness of 
language, for punctuation, for the right use of capitals, and 
for orthography^ 

2. Define garrison, instigate, repentance, remorse, halloiv, 
and use each word in a separate sentence. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ENGLISH. 25 

3. Punctuate and capitalize the following: 
Trav my lord sir John umfrevile turned me back 

With joyful Tidings and Being better Horsed 

out rode me after him came spurring hard 

a Gentleman almost forspent with speed 

That stopped by me to breathe his Bloodied Horse 

he asked the way to Chester and of him 

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury 

he told me that Eebellion had ill luck 

And that Young Harry Percy's spur was cold. 

4. Convert the following into simple sentences : 

"When I had done this I returned." 
" I came that I might assist you." 
Correct the following and give reason : 
" The reveries of a batchelor " were written by D. G-. 
Mitchell. 



Normal College, 1890. 



1. What is a part of speech ? Define comparison. Com- 
pare the words little and much. Name two adjectives that 
do not admit of comparison; and give the reason. 

2. What is an abstract noun f Write a compound sentence 
containing two abstract nouns in different clauses. What is 
a collective noun? Write two sentences containing each a 
collective noun, the one denoting unity and the other plu- 
rality of idea. 

3. Write the principal parts of the verbs burst, sit, set, 
lay, shoe. What is a participle f How many kinds of par- 
ticiples are there ? Name them. 

4. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, 
Alike fantastic if too new or old; 

Be not the first by whom the new is tried, 
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Pope, 
(a) What kind of a sentence is the above stanza ? (b) 
Name the different clauses, (c) Name the subject and predi- 
cate of each clause, (d) State the kind of clause. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — ENGLISH. 26 

5. Parse will hold, alike, new (in the second line), is tried 
and last. 

6. Parse what in each of the following lines : 

We know what men we should honor. He does what 
he pleases. 

What! Does he fancy himself a Caesar ? 



Normal College, 1890. (2d paper.) 

1. Convert the following into simple sentences: (a) He 
reported that the governor was dead, (b) The scholars who 
were educated by him became distinguished, (c) He told 
the troops that they must not fire on the enemy. 

2. Define the word invention. Correct the sentence: "The 
joy is great which arises from the invention of truth." De- 
fine vocation and avocation, and construct a sentence con- 
taining both words correctly used. 

3. Write a composition of not more than thirty and not 
less than twenty lines on Abraham Lincoln. [You will be 
marked for punctuation, use of capitals, the right use of words 
and grammatical construction of sentences.] 

4. Punctuate and capitalize the following : 

Two Gentlemen of the Country Lindesay and Kirk- 
patrick friends of Bruce were then in attendance on him see- 
ing him pale bloody and in much agitation they eagerly in- 
quired what was the Matter I doubt said Bruce that I have 
slain the red comyn do you leave such a matter in doubt said 
Kirkpatrick I will make sicker that is I will make certain 
accordingly he and his companion Lindesay rushed into the 
church and made certain with a Vengeance. 



Normal College, 1891. 

1 . Name five different kinds of nouns. 
(a) In the sentence, 

" Oh, how this spring of love resembleth 
The uncertain glory of an April day," 
name the nouns and state the kind of each. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEES — ENGLISH. 27 

(b) What part of speech is how P What does it modify ? 

(c) What is case ? Name the cases. 

(d) In the sentence, 

"The supplies having reached us the army began its 
march," name the nouns and state the kind and case of each. 

2. Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their form. 

(a) Name four kinds of verbs in regard to their sig- 
nification. 

(b) In the sentence, 

" Home-keeping youths have ever homely wits," state 
what kind of a verb have is according to its form and also 
according to its signification. 

(c) In the sentence, 

"Beware of entering into a quarrel," parse beware and 
entering. 

(d) In the sentence, 

"He was laugbed at," explain the verb in regard to its 
signification. 

3. Write eight auxiliary verbs. 

(a) Write the potential mood, pluperfect tense of the 
verb to write. 

(b) What kind of a verb is cleave ? Write its princi- 
pal parts. 

(c) In the sentence, 

" I can always buy such books as I want," parse as. 

4. Name seven different kinds of clauses. 

(a) Give an example of a subject clause. 

(b) In the sentence, 

"As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sor- 
cerer that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island," 
parse the words thee, subject, that. 

(c) What kind of sentence is it ? Name each clause 
and its kind. 

5. Write a noun clause in apposition to a noun used as 
subject of a sentence. 

(a) Write a compound sentence consisting of two co- 
ordinate-clauses, each of which is complex with the dependent 
clause adjective in the first and adverbial in the second. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ENGLISK 28 

Normal College, 189L (2d paper.) 

1. In five sentences introduce the following words: Object, 
concord, dissent, involve, and prospect. 

2. By substitution of other prefixes change these words to 
their opposite meanings in five other sentences. 

3. Explain the difference between courage and bravery in 
a compound sentence with two co-ordinate clauses, using the 
word but as the connective. 

4. Write in three paragraphs of not less than six nor more 
than ten lines each what you consider the principal qualities 
of a good student, of a good teacher, and the main object of 
education. 

5. Define paragraph. Name the punctuation points which 
may be made at the end of a sentence. When would you use 
a comma and when a semi-colon ? , Construct a sentence in 
which you employ the comma, the semi-colon, the dash, and 
.the period. Name all the kinds of words that are commenced 
with capital letters. 

6. Write a letter to the Governor of the State of New 
York, requesting him to use his influence to establish civil 
service reform in the appointment of all teachers. 

[The letter must not exceed fifteen lines. Credit will 
be given for arrangement, punctuation, the right use of words, 
and the correct construction of sentences. The mark for ex- 
ecutive ability will be given on this letter.] 



Normal College, 1892. 

Time, 2 hours. 

" My father loved Sir Eowland as his soul, 
And all the world was of my father's mind; 
Had I before known this young man his son 
I should have given him tears unto entreaties. 
Ere he should thus have ventured." 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — ENGLISH. 29 

1. What kind of a sentence is the above quotation ? 
Name the first clause and state the kind of clause. 
Name the second clause and state the kind of clause. 
Name the third clause and state the kind of clause. 
Name all the subjects and predicates from "My" to 

" ventured/' 

2. Parse soul, all, son, before, ere. State the mood and 
tense of ventured. 

3. Nobody else was just there : parse else and just. Write 
sentences in which the word but is correctly used as a noun, 
as a conjunction, as a preposition, and as an adverb. 

4. Construct a compound sentence with two co-ordinate 
clauses, the first being a complex and the second a compound 
clause. 

Write a sentence containing an adverbial clause; a sentence 
containing an adjective clause. 

5. Define declension, conjugation, syntax, mood, and tense. 



Normal College, 1892. (2d paper.) 
Time, 2 hours. 

1. Write a letter about the Normal College. Where sit- 
uated? What kind of building? Handsome, large, well- 
lighted, cheerful ? How you reach it from your residence ? 
Describe the room in which you are writing your examination. 

\Credit will be given for arrangement, proper division 
into paragraphs, punctuation, right use of words, and capitals 
and correct construction of sentences^ 

2. What is the meaning of anti-slavery ? Give the word 
which is the opposite of anti-slavery, and use both words in 
a single sentence. Give another word beginning with anti. 
Define antecedent and state how the word is used in grammar. 

3. Define accede, intercede, proceed, recede, and super- 
sede, and construct sentences containing each word. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — ENGLISH. 30 

4. What is the most important word in a sentence ? De- 
fine subject, predicate, and object, By what arrangement of 
words is clearness of expression most readily secured ? 

5. Punctuate and capitalize the following: 

The autograph album prepared by a committee of the 
press club for exhibition and sale at the actors fund fair is 
richly bound with gold trimmed covers and a quaint illus- 
trated title page exclusive of cartoon illustrations by well 
known artists the book contains sixty pages each bearing a 
sentiment respecting the stage personally inscribed by some 
american celebrity in journalism or general literature. 

William D. howells contributes a quatrain as follows 
The wit supreme and sovereign sage 
has told us all the worlds a stage 
The curtain on his scene up-furled 
shows us the stage is all the world. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



College of the City of New York, 1888. 

1. (a) Sketch an outline map of the United States, omitting 
Alaska. 

{b) Locate on this map the following ranges of moun- 
tains: Blue, Cumberland, Coast Eange, Sierra Nevada, Cas- 
cade. 

(c) Locate on the same map the following rivers and 
lakes: Missouri, Mississippi, Hudson, Lake Michigan, Lake 
Erie. 

(d) Locate on the same map the following cities : Bos- 
ton, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, Galveston, Phila- 
delphia, Buffalo, St. Louis, Washington, Charleston. 

2. From what State or States do we obtain silver, copper, 
gold, mercury, petroleum, salt, sugar, cotton, rice, wheat ? 

3. Through what waters and near what countries would 
you pass, in the most direct course, (a) from New York to 
Odessa? (b) from San Francisco to Calcutta ? 

4. (a) What is the highest portion of the continent of 
Asia? 

(b) What is the most northerly portion of the mainland 
of Europe ? 

(c) Which is the larger, the Caspian Sea or Lake Supe- 
rior ? 

(d) Does the Volga feed or drain the Caspian Sea ? 

(e) What mountain ranges or elevations of land deter- 
mine the general directions of the rivers of North America ? 

5. (a) What is the size and form of the earth ? 

(b) What is physical geography ? 

(c) What is meant by longitude ? 

(d) What is the latitude of New York City ? 

(e) Explain the phenomena of day and night. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGEAPHT. 33 

College of the City of New York, 1889, 

1. How high is the highest mountain on the earth ? "What 
is the diameter of the earth in miles ? 

2. Through what two points on the earth's surface do all 
meridians pass ? Borneo and Iceland each extending oyer 
ten degrees of longitude, which is the longer in miles ? 

3. Which State borders on four of the five great lakes? 
Which two other States border each on two lakes ? 

4. Where are the following Euroj>ean cities (give country, 
part of country, river or sea in and on which each lies) : Ant- 
werp, Belfast, Copenhagen, Malaga, Palermo, Eouen, Warsaw, 
Zurich ? 

5. Name the European countries of which Algeria, the 
Azores, Ceylon, Egypt, Greenland, Java, Porto Eico, Victoria 
are severally dependencies ? 

6. How would you go, eastward, from Vera Cruz to the 
Philippine Islands ? Through what waters and by what 
islands would you pass ? 

7. Where are the following South American cities: Bahia, 
Bogota, Callao, Cayenne, Maracaybo, Quito, Eio Janeiro, 
Valparaiso ? 

8. Where are these capes severally: Hafcteras, Land's End, 
Race, St. Eoque ? 

9. Where are Anam, Bokhara, the Congo Eree State, 
Corea, Manitoba, Morocco, the Orange Free State, Servia ? 

10. Draw a map showing the course of the Mississippi 
from its source to its mouth. Indicate its junction with its 
principal tributaries; mark off the States on both banks and 
name them, and locate the capitals of these States. 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

1. Draw a sketch map of the United States without State 
boundaries. 

2. Locate thereon the sugar, cotton, tobacco, corn, wheat, 
nd lumber belts, and the cities of San Erancisco, Denver, 

3 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 34 

Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Duluth, Portland, Me., Bal- 
timore, Charleston, New Orleans. 

3. What is the most direct route from Edinburgh to Bom- 
bay? Mention, in order, the countries and the waters trav- 
ersed, and the ports at which the traveller lands or embarks. 

4. What European peninsula projects northward from the 
continent ? What Asiatic peninsula westward ? Name two 
peninsulas in North America, two or three in Europe, three 
or four in Asia, which project southward. 

5. Name the two largest countries in South America ; the 
two smallest. Which South American country has the long- 
est coast line, absolutely ? Which the longest relatively to 
its area ? 

6. The cities of Belgrade, Berlin, Leipsic, Stuttgart, 
Verona, and Warsaw are at nearly the same distance from 
Vienna. Draw a circle, put Vienna at the centre, and locate 
the six cities on the circumference. Draw another circle, 
place Berne at the centre, and Cologne, Leghorn, Marseilles, 
Paris, and Venice on the circumference. 

7. Draw the Mississippi and its branches, and give the 
approximate location of each State thereon. 

8. What are air and ocean currents ? How caused ? State 
the name, location, and general direction of the most impor- 
tant ones; their influence upon the climate of continents. 

9. Where is Queenstown ? Through what channel, what 
sea, and to the mouth of what river does the steamer sail in 
continuing its trip from Queenstown to Liverpool ? And in 
going from Liverpool to Glasgow, past what island, through 
what channel, up what firth and river ? 

10. Name and locate the five or six largest cities on the 
earth. 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

1. How much of the earth's surface is water ? On which 
side of the equator is most of the water ? Name some of the 
largest lakes and the largest sheet of fresh water on the earth. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 3o 

2. One-half of the land is divided among five powers: 
name them. Tell of each where its possessions lie. 

3. Name the sea between Africa and Europe, the sea be- 
tween Africa and Arabia, the channel between Africa and 
Madagascar, the large gulf which indents the western coast 
of Africa. In what part of Africa is Abyssinia ? Cape Col- 
ony ? Egypt ? Liberia ? Morocco ? the Congo Free State ? 

4. "What mountains must one cross in going from Virginia 
to Kentucky ? from Dakota to Oregon ? from the Argentine 
Eepublic to Chili ? from Spain to France ? from Hindostan 
to China ? 

5. In what European country is Antwerp ? Athens ? 
Bristol ? Leipzig ? Luzerne ? Marseilles ? Moscow ? Naples ? 
Seville? Utrecht? 

6. Draw a map of New England (fairly covering half the 
sheet of paper) showing the State borders; the Connecticut 
and the Merrimac; Lake Champlain and Narragansett Bay; 
Boston, Burlington, Hartford, New Haven, Portland, and 
Providence. Write the names (in reasonable abbreviation). 

7. What is the climate of Calif ornia ? What is the character 
of its vegetation ? What are, therefore, the chief industries 
of the State ? 

8. Tell what you know of glaciers and of icebergs. 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

1. What is the shape of the earth ? What two constant 
motions has it ? What do they cause ? 

2. Name the zones. What is the extent of each ? What 
determines this extent ? 

3. Sketch a map of the State of New York (covering one- 
half the sheet of paper). Show and name the States and 
waters bordering on it, the rivers, mountains, valleys, islands, 
and cities. 

4. What geographical advantages are possessed by the 
cities of New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 36 

5. Name the chief articles of commerce between the United 
States and France; Australia; China; Brazil; Malaysia. 

6. In what European country and on what water is Havre ; 
Lisbon; Messina; Copenhagen; St. Petersburg ; London ; 
The Hague; Hammerfest; Constantinople; Stockholm? 

7. Through what waters and by what countries would you 
pass in sailing from San Francisco to New York, stopping on 
the way at Melbourne, Aden, and Liverpool ? 

8. Name the highest mountain and the longest river in 
North America; in South America; in Europe; in Asia; in 
Africa; in Australia. 

9. What is a delta ? How is it formed ? Name and locate 
the great deltas. 

10. Sketch a map of the British Islands. Indicate the 
chief divisions of land and water represented thereon. 



Normal College, June, 1888. 



You may answer ten of the following questions — the first 
five and any five others which you may choose from the re- 
maining fifteen. 

1. New York is 71° west longitude and San Francisco 
about 122° west longitude. If it is 9 o'clock a.m. in the for- 
mer, what o'clock is it in the latter ? 

2. Give as near as you can the direction of the following 
cities from New York: Mobile, Augusta, Montreal, Naples, 
Copenhagen, Melbourne, Montevideo, Calcutta, Teheran, and 
Odessa. 

3. Give the capitals of Greece, Switzerland, Egypt, Chili, 
Peru, Canada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, Vermont. 

4. Bound Pennsylvania. Name its capital city; its largest 
city and five other cities of importance. 

5. Name the States on each side of the Mississippi; those 
that border the great lakes; and those on the Pacific coast. 

6. What is latitude ? What is the greatest longitud e a place 
can have ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 37 

7. How can you tell with certainty the " true south ? " 

8. What are the general productions of the temperate zone ? 
of the torrid zone ? 

9. Why have great cities as a rule been built on the sea- 
coast or on rivers ? and what great invention of modern times 
will perform the duty formerly done by the great rivers ? 

10. Why are elevated places cooler than those on the plain ? 

11. Name four of the great railroad centres of the United 
States. 

12. Bound France. Name its capital and five of its impor- 
tant cities. 

13. On what rivers are the following cities : Delhi, Berlin, 
Kome, Bagdad, Vienna ? 

14. Where would you find Santa Fe, St. Augustine, St. 
Paul, Sacramento, and San Jose ? 

15. Name five mountain ranges in Europe. 

16. Name three capes on the coast of North Carolina. 

17. Bound the State of Missouri. Name its capital and its 
largest city. 

18. Name six of the great rivers of the United States; 
state where they rise and into what bodies of water they dis- 
charge themselves. 

19. Through what waters would a vessel pass in going 
from Albany, N. Y., to Hartford, Ct. ? Name five cities she 
would pass by. 

20. A city is 10° 30' due north of another city. How 
many geographical miles are they apart ? 



Normal College, 1889. 

Time, 2 hours. 

1. How many degrees from the Equator to the Tropic of 
Cancer ? What is the width of the North Temperate Zone ? 
What is the latitude of New York ? Name three important 
cities in Europe having nearly the same latitude. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS —GEOGRAPHY. 38 

2. From what countries does the United States import 
coffee ? wines ? sugar ? State in general the chief produc- 
tions of the northwestern States ; the chief exports of the 
United States. What made New York State the greatest of 
the United States, and New York City the centre of com- 
merce in the "Western World ? To what distinguished 
governor is New York indebted for its greatness ? 

3. Locate the following cities : Denver, Santa Fe, Milwau- 
kee, Louisville, and Toledo. Name the States that touch the 
west side of the Mississippi. 

4. Name the political divisions of South America and the 
capital of each. Locate the following cities: Montevideo, 
Callao, Santiago, Pernambuco, and Caracas. 

5. Bound European Eussia. Name its capital, three great 
rivers, and two mountain chains. 

6. Through what waters would a vessel sail in going from 
Odessa to Eiga with a cargo of wheat ? 

7. What waters separate Great Britain from Ireland ? 
Name the four largest cities in Great Britain. State in 
round numbers the population of London. 

8. What seas touch the east coast of Asia ? Name three 
great cities of Hindostan. What is the capital of Beloo- 
chistan ? 

9. Bound Africa. What channel between Madagascar and 
the continent of Africa ? Through what waters would a ship 
sail in going from London to Calcutta by the shortest route ? 

10. Locate the following cities : Melbourne, Sydney, and 
Hobarttoivn. 



Normal College, 1890. 

1. What is a meridian ? What is the first meridian ? How 
many meridians are usually drawn on a terrestrial globe ? 
and why ? How many degrees are equal to one hour of time ? 

2. The meridian of Alexandria (in Egypt) is 30° east and 
of New Orleans 90° west. On March 21st the sun rises at 6 
o'clock in Alexandria, what is the time then at New Orleans ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 3U 

3. Bound Manhattan Island. In what direction are the 
following places from New York City : Newark, Pater son, 
Long Island City, Manhattan Beach, Staten Island, Yonkers, 
Flushing, Trenton, Long Branch, and New Haven f 

4. Name the four new States recently admitted into the 
Union. Bound Montana and state its capital. 

5. Locate the following cities : Paramaribo, Quito, Callao, 
Santiago, Bahia, Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Aspinivall, Car- 
acas, and Asuncion. 

6. Bound Great Britain. Locate the following cities: 
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh. What 
is the most northerly point of Scotland ? The most south- 
erly point of England ? 

7. Name six mountain chains in Europe, and tell where 
they are situated. Name five islands in the Mediterranean in 
the order of their size. 

8. Bound Afghanistan. Name two of its principal cities. 
What island south of British India? 

9. Through what waters would a ship pass in sailing from 
Liverpool to Calcutta by the shortest route ? 

10. Name the divisions of Australia. Bound New South 
Wales and name its capital. 



Normal College, 1891. 

1. What is the greatest latitude that any place can have ? 
Where has a place no latitude ? 

What is the greatest longitude a place can have ? 
Name the southern boundary of the Torrid Zone. 
Mention two things that determine climate. 

2. Bound the State of New York. 

Name five of its cities as near as you can in the order 
of their size. 

What is the largest city on Long Island ? 

Locate Sag Harbor, Geneva, Oswego, Elmira, and Utica. 

State as near as you can in round numbers the popula- 
tion of New York City, and also of New York State. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — GEOGRAPHY. 40 

3. Name the capitals of West Virginia, South Dakota, 
Texas, Iowa, and North Carolina. 

Name five rivers of the United States that empty them- 
selves into the Atlantic Ocean. 

Mention two great railroad lines by which you could 
travel from New York to Buffalo. 

4. Bound Great Britain. 

■ Write the capitals of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 
and the rivers on which they are situated. 

Locate Liverpool, Bristol, Glasgow, Belfast, and Oxford. 

Name four rivers of France. 

Locate the following islands : Corfu, Elba, and Jersey. 

5. Locate the following cities of Asia: Bombay, Lassa, 
Ispahan, Mecca, Smyrna, Madras, Nankin, Calcutta, and 
Singapore. 

Name three great rivers of Asia that empty themselves 
into the Arctic Ocean. 

Locate the following cities of South America : Buenos 
Ayres, Bahia, and Lima. 



Normal College, 1892. 

Time, 2 hours. 



1. (a) Write the cause of the change of the seasons. 

(b) How many degrees from the North Pole to the 
Tropic of Ciipricorn ? 

(c) What is the length of a degree at the Equator in 
geographical miles ? In statute miles ? 

2. (a) In what part of the world will you find the antipodes 
of New York ? 

(b) What State of the United States was once an inde- 
pendent republic ? 

(c) To what government is the Holy Land now subject ? 

3. (a) Name in order of size the five largest cities of the 
United States. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOGRAPHY. 41 

(b) Where is Harvard University, Yale College, Cornell 
University, Vassar College ? 

(c) Locate the following cities: Venice, Copenhagen, 
Dantzic, Odessa, Carthagena. 

4. (a) Bound Behring Sea. What valuable article of com- 
merce is obtained in that region ? 

(b) Where is the Bay of Fundy and for what is it noted ? 

(c) Name the principal products of Brazil and of the 
Argentine Confederation. 

5. (a) Name two important islands belonging to the State 
of New York. 

(b) What two large islands southeast of Asia are crossed 
by the Equator ? 

(c) Name ten seas bordering on Asia. 



GEOMETRY. 



College of the City of New York, 1888. 

Time, 1^ hours. 

1. Prove that if two triangles have one side and the two 
adjacent angles of the one equal to one side and the two ad- 
jacent angles of the other, each to each, the two triangles are 
equal in all respects. 

2. Prove that if a straight line intersects two parallel 
lines the sum of the two interior angles on the same side of 
the intersecting line is equal to two right angles. 

3. Show how to bisect a given angle. 

Here the regular examination ends. If, however, any applicant has not been 
taught either of the above propositions, he will state that fact in writing and prove 
instead one or both of the following : 

4. Prove that parallelograms on the same base and between 
the same parallels have equal areas. 

5. Prove that the area of a trapezoid is equal to one-half 
the sum of its parallel sides multiplied by the perpendicular 
distance between them. 



College of the City of New York, 1889. 

Time, 1|- hours. 

1. Prove that in every triangle the greater side has the 
greater angle opposite to it. 

2. Prove that if a straight line intersect two other straight 
lines and makes the alternate angles equal, these two straight 
lines will be parallel. 

3. Show how to draw a straight line which shall bisect a 
given angle. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOMETRY. 44 

Here the regular examination ends. If, however, any applicant has not been 
taught either of the above propositions, he will state that fact in writing and prove 
instead one or both of the following : 

4. The diagonals of a parallelogram mutually bisect each 
other. 

5. The square described on the hypothenuse of a right- 
angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described 
on the other two sides. 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

1 . If two triangles have two sides and the included angle 
of one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, 
each to each, the two triangles are equal in all their parts. 

2. If a straight line intersect two other straight lines, mak- 
ing the sum of the two interior angles on the same side of 
the intersecting line equal to two right angles, the two straight 
lines are parallel. 

3. Show how from a given point without a line to draw a 
perpendicular to that line. 

Here the regular examination ends. If, however, any applicant has not been 
taught either of the above propositions, he will state that fact in writing and prove 
instead one or both of the following : 

4. If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, they 
are also parallel and the figure is a parallelogram. 

5. The area of a trapezoid is measured by half the sum of 
its parallel sides multiplied by the perpendicular distance 
between them. 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

Time, 1% hours. 

1. Prove that if two triangles have two sides and the in- 
cluded angle of one equal to two sides and the included angle 
of the other, each to each, the two triangles are identical in 
all their parts. 

2. Prove that if a straight line meet two parallel straight 
lines the alternate angles will be equal. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — GEOMETRY. 45 

3. Show how to erect a perpendicular to a line at a given 
point. 

Here the regular examination ends. If, however, any applicant has not been 
taught either of the above propositions, he will state that fact in writing and prove 
instead one or both of the following : 

4. If two straight lines intersect, the opposite or vertical 
angles will be equal. 

5. If any quadrilateral have its opposite sides equal, the 
figure is a parallelogram. 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

1. Prove that if two triangles have two angles and the in- 
cluded side of the one equal to two angles and the included 
side of the other, each to each, the two triangles are identical 
in all their parts. 

2. Prove that if a straight line intersect two other straight 
lines, making the alternate angles equal, the two straight lines 
which are intersected will be parallel to each other. 

3. Show how to bisect a given angle. 

Here the regular examination ends. If, however, any applicant has not been 
taught either of the above propositions, he will state that fact in writing and prove 
instead one or both of the following : 

4. If two triangles have three sides of the one equal to 
three sides of the other, each to each, the two triangles will 
be identical in all their parts. 

5. The square described on the hypothenuse of any right- 
angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described 
on the other two sides. 



Normal College, June, 1888. 



1. Name the different kinds of triangles; five different 
kinds of quadrilaterals; define parallel lines ; define a right 
angle. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — GEOMETRY. 46 

2. Prove that if two triangles have the three sides of the 
one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the 
two triangles are equal and the equal angles are opposite 
the equal sides. 

3. Prove that if the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are 
equal they are also parallel and the figure is a parallelogram. 

4. Prove that parallelograms on the same base and be- 
tween the same parallels are equivalent or equal in respect 
of area or surface. 

5. The parallel sides of a trapezoid are respectively 100 
yards and 75 yards and the perpendicular distance between 
them 50 yards ; what is the area of the figure ? 



Normal College, 1889. 
Time, 2 hours. 

1. Name and define the two kinds of propositions in ge- 
ometry. 

Name and define the two parts of every theorem, and 
illustrate by means of some theorem that you have learned. 
When is one theorem said to be the converse of another? 
"Write two theorems, one of which is the converse of the 
other. 

2. Name and define the two kinds of demonstration. 
Write a theorem of which the indirect or the reductio ad ab- 
surdum method of proof is used, and give the method of 
proof without going into detail or giving reference. 

3. From a given point without a given line to draw a per- 
pendicular to that line. 

4. If a straight line intersects two other straight lines, 
making the sum of the two interior angles on the same side 
of the intersecting line equal to two right angles, the two 
straight lines are parallel. 

5. If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are eoual, they 
are also parallel and the figure is a parallelogram. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — GEOMETRY. 47 

Normal College, 1890. 

1. State Euclid's three postulates and define the term pos- 
tulate. 

2. Into what two parts is the enunciation of every proposi- 
tion divided ? What is a proposition ? Explain the differ- 
ence between a proposition and a problem. What do you 
mean by the converse of a proposition ? Illustrate by an 
example. 

3. Define a parallelogram. Name two parallelograms that 
are not rectangles and define each. 

4. Prove that if a straight line intersect two parallel lines 
the sum of the two interior angles on the same side of the in- 
tersecting line is equal to two right angles. (Give the reasons 
for every step in the demonstration.) 

5. Prove that the opposite sides and the opposite angles 
of a parallelogram are equal. 

6. Prove that if the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are 
equal they are also parallel and the figure is a parallelogram. 

7. Give the construction and proof of the following prob- 
lem : To bisect a given angle. 



Normal College, 1891. 

Time, 1^ hours. 

N.B. — In answering the 3d, 4th, and 5th questions use the diagrams on the paper 
accompanying these questions and the letters found on them. Redraw the diagrams 
on your papers, without any change of form or letters, but adding such lines as you 
need for proof. 

1. To what class of figures do parallelograms belong? 
Name and define two other figures, not parallelograms, which 
belong to the same class. Name and define the two divisions 
of parallelograms, and name the equilateral figure of each 
division. 

2. When is one theorem said to be the converse of another ? 
Write the hypothesis and the conclusion of the first of the 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEES — GEOMETRY. 48 

two following theorems, and explain why the second theorem 
is not the converse of the first : 

(a) If two sides and the included angle of one triangle 
are respectively equal to two sides and the included angle of 
another, the two triangles are equal in all their parts. 

(b) If two angles and the included side of one triangle 
are respectively equal to two angles and the included side of 
another, the two triangles are equal in all their parts. 

Write the converse of the following theorem : 

If one side of a triangle is greater than a second, the 

angle opposite the first side is greater than that opposite the 

second. (No proof required.) 

* 3. In Fig. 1 on accompanying paper assume 8 Mto be 
parallel to Q W. Prove the triangle 8 W = £ the paral- 
lelogram M. 

*4. Name the two interior angles between the parallel 
lines on the right-hand side of the secant R T in Fig. 1, and 
prove them together equal to two right angles. 

* 5. In Fig. 2 assume the angle M N to be a right angle, 
Q and T to be squares, and N P to be perpendicular to 
8 T. Prove Q = P. 

* Give references in all cases. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPERS — GEOMETRY. 49 

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COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEKS — GEOMETRY. 50 

Normal College, 1892. 
Time, 2 hours. 

Each candidate must write at the head of her paper the name of the geometry 
which she has studied. 

All candidates must answer the first three questions. 

Those who have studied Hunter's Geometry or Euclid must also answer the 
fourth and fifth questions. 

Those who have studied Wentworth's or Butler's Geometry must answer the 
sixth and seventh questions, in addition to the first three. 

Those who have studied the Eclectic Geometry must answer the eighth and 
ninth questions, in addition to the first three. 

Those who have studied no special geometry must answer the first five questions. 

N.B. — In case the answers to the various parts of each question are not given 
together, the examiner will not be responsible for marking the omitted parts, unless 
distinct reference is made at the place of omission to the place where the omitted 
part is to be found. 

1. Complete the following theorems and write the converse 
of each. (No demonstration is required.) 

(a) If two straight lines intersect, the opposite vertical 
angles are, etc. 

(b) If two straight lines meet a third at the same point 
and make the adjacent angles equal to, etc. 

(c) If the two angles and the included side of one tri- 
angle are respectively equal to, etc. 

(d) If from a point within a triangle two straight lines 
be drawn to the extremities of one side, the sum of the two 
lines, etc. 

N.B. — For the remaining questions, redraw on your paper the 
diagrams referred to, each in its given form and position, and add 
such lines as you need for proof. Change no letters. 

2. Theorem. If two triangles have two sides of one respec- 
tively equal to two sides of the other, and the included angle 
of the first greater than, etc. 

Complete the theorem, assume the triangles to be placed 
as in Fig. 1 on the accompanying paper, and that MO =M P 
and P M N > M N. Prove NP>NO. 

3. In Fig. 2 prove BS+SQ<PB + PQ. State the 
theorem. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS— GEOMETRY. 51 




college examination papeks — geometky. 52 

Hunter and Euclid. 

4. In Fig. 3 prove the angle Q R 8 > P Q R. State 
the theorem. 

5. From in Fig. 4 draw a line equal to M N. Give the 
construction and proof. 

Butler and Wentworth. 

6. In Fig. 5 assume 8 G perpendicular to P A and L T 
perpendicular to P X. Prove C8T=APX. State the 
theorem. 

7. In Fig. 6 assume P to be the middle point G S and 
R to be perpendicular to G 8. Prove 8 Q>0 Q. State 
the theorem. 

The Eclectic Geometry. 

8. In Fig. 7 assume A T = A M, and 8 and P to be the 
middle points of A M and A T. Prove 8 T = P M. State 
the theorem. 

9. In Fig. 8 assume A 8 P M to be a parallelogram. 
Prove A C = C M and P G = G 8. State the theorem. 



HISTORY. 



College of the City of New York, 1888. 

1. Give an account of the voyages of Columbus. Why was 
not the New World named after him ? 

2. State when, where, and why the "Pilgrim Fathers" 
settled in America. 

3. Name the several wars, with dates, in which the colo- 
nists took part down to the Eevolution. Which was most 
important and why ? 

4. Give the names of the thirteen colonies and group 
them according to their governments, charter, proprietary, 
etc. Were the people of the colonies alike in nationality, 
religion, or other respects ? State the differences. 

5. Describe the events of the Eevolutionary War in the 
South in the year 1780. Full account. 

6. What were the causes of the Mexican War ? What part 
did General Scott take in it ? 

7. Valley Forge, Wyoming, Lookout Mountain, Appoma- 
tox, Tippecanoe, Carteret, Wayne, Seward, Burr, Meade. 
Why are these names of places and persons prominent in our 
history? 

8. Name the Presidents of the United States, with dates, 
from Madison to Buchanan, inclusive. Give the principal 
events of Jackson's administration. 

9. Give the Southern and Northern views of the secession 
question. 

10. What is the Federal Constitution ? Give a full history 
of its adoption ; why, where, and when. 



College of the City of New York, 1889. 

1. Explain the origin of the names (a) "America," (b) 
"United States," (c) "New York," (d) "Georgia." State 
fully why they were applied and when. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — HISTORY. 55 

2. Describe the colonists of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 
and Maryland, showing in what respects they differed from 
each other. Include a brief account of their first settlements. 

3. Give a sketch of Queen Anne's war. Name the princi- 
pal Indian wars since 1776, giving dates. 

4. Show that the period from 1765 to 1775 was an impor- 
tant one in our history. Give the chief events in order. 

5. How far did France assist us in the Eevolutionary War ? 
Who was Steuben ? What services did General Greene ren- 
der in the struggle ? 

6. Washington as President : state all you know respect- 
ing his administration, naming events, public measures, cab- 
inet ministers, etc. 

7. Who were Marquette, Stuyvesant, Irving, Morse, War- 
ren, Andros, Webster, Seward, Fulton? Name six of our 
prominent naval heroes since 1775. 

8. Give the substance of the amendments to the Consti- 
tution adopted since the Civil War. What other questions 
were settled by that war ? 

9. Give an account of the chief military operations of the 
year 1863. What bearing did they have on the result ? 

1 0. What is meant by the " Federal Union," and what tie 
holds it together ? What form of government do we have in 
this State, and when was it adopted ? 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

1 . Who were the earliest explorers of the Great Lakes and 
the Ohio and the Mississippi Eivers ? Give names, dates, and 
some details. Also, what interesting relics or earthworks 
were found in that part of the country ? 

2. Give a brief account of the settlement of Ehode Island 
and New York. State, also, what occurred in New York be- 
tween the years 1664 and 1674. 

3. How did the French and Indian war differ, in its 
origin and results, from other colonial wars ? Explain the 
final success of the English. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — HISTORY. 56 

4. What were the causes of the Eevolutionary War ? Name 
three American victories and three defeats occurring between 
1776 and 1780. 

5. What large tracts of territory were granted to or pur- 
chased by the United States before 1805 ? What tracts have 
been secured since then, and in what way ? 

6. Name the Presidents who have served two terms, giving 
dates. Who was President during the 1812 war ? Who dur- 
ing the Mexican War ? 

7. On what occasions did the slavery question greatly 
agitate the country ? Give full account of what took place 
in 1850. 

8. State all that you know about Thomas Jefferson and 
Abraham Lincoln. 

9. What questions were settled by the Civil War ? Give 
brief account of the closing military operations in 3865. 

10. What is the present form of government in New York 
State, and when was it adopted ? Who were Be Witt Clinton, 
William H. Seward, Millard Fillmore, S. F. B. Morse ? 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

1. At the outbreak of our Eevolutionary War what four 
different groups of European settlers were living in North 
America? Locate them, and give the population of the 
largest group at the time. 

2. What powers have had possession of New York City 
since its first settlement ? and explain when and why it passed 
from the control of one to another. 

3. Name the three most important wars fought on this 
continent, and state the cause and result of the first one. 

4. Give the history of the Stamp Act. What other acts of 
taxation did the colonists resist ? 

5. The battles of Long Island and Trenton: describe each 
briefly and estimate their importance as Eevolutionary events. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — HISTORY. 57 

6. When and under what circumstances were Louisiana, 
California, and Florida acquired by the United States ? 

7. State concisely for what the following men have been 
distinguished in our history: Thomas MacDonough, Anthony 
Wayne, " Stonewall " Jackson, Aaron Burr, John C. Fremont, 
Wendell Phillips, Win field Scott, Daniel Morgan, Daniel 
Webster, John Adams. 

8. Why did the Southern States secede from the Union in 
1860-61 ? What two great victories turned the tide of the 
war in favor of the North ? 

9. What led to the adoption of the Federal Constitution ? 
When and where adopted, and what do you understand by it ? 

10. Name the Presidents who served two terms, giving 
dates. Who was President when John Brown was executed ? 
Who when the first Atlantic cable was laid ? 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

1. Describe the voyages of Columbus, and give a brief 
sketch of his life. 

2. Give the history of New Netherland under its last 
Dutch Governor. Who was the first American Governor of 
New York ? 

3. What was King Philip's war? Also, Queen Anne's 
war ? Give main facts, dates, etc. 

4. Why did the colonists refuse to pay a tax on tea ? Fol- 
low events thereafter to the 19th of April, 1775. 

5. Give an account of the campaign that ended in Bur- 
goyne's surrender. Why was that event of special importance 
to the American cause ? 

6. What territory did the United States acquire in 1787 ? 
and how ? When and how was Texas acquired ? 

7. Give the leading events of Madison's and Jackson's ad- 
ministrations. 

8. Why did the Southern States secede in 1861? Why 
cannot slavery be revived ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEKS — HISTORY. 58 

9. Give an account of Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania in 
1863. Name three great defeats the North sustained during 
the war. 

1 0. Name the Presidents in order from Monroe to Grant. 
Under which one was Daniel Webster Secretary of State ? 
Who was President when California was admitted into the 
Union ? 



Normal College, June, 1888. 

There are five sets of questions, numbered respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. You 
can answer no more than two in any one set, and these two you may choose at 
pleasure. If you can answer ten (or two from each set) you will receive 100$ ; if 
nine, 90$, and so on. 

1 . (a) What great idea prompted the discovery of America ? 

(b) Give a brief account of the discovery of America by 
Columbus and of his subsequent voyages. 

(c) Write a brief account of the voyages and discov- 
eries of Cartier. 

(d) What great Englishman attempted to found settle- 
ments in North America in 1583, '84, and '85 ? Nanje two of 
the navigators who sailed under his patronage. 

(e) What part of North America was claimed by Eng- 
land, and why ? 

2. (a) Which one of the original thirteen States was first 
settled ? When, where, and by whom was it settled ? What 
was the character of the first settlers ? 

(b) What State was settled in 1614? By what people 
was it settled ? How long did they hold possession of it ? 

(c) When and by whom was Massachusetts settled ? 
Describe briefly the character of those people. 

(d) Name two of the early Indian wars and state their 
causes. 

(e) What was the cause of King William's war, and by 
what treaty was it terminated ? 

3. (a) What excuse did the English government make in 
1764 for taxing the American colonies ? What reason did 
the colonists assign for resisting taxation ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — HISTORY. 59 

(b) Where and when did the Second Colonial Congress 
meet ? Who was its president ? 

(c) Give the important events of 1776 as nearly as you 
can in chronological order. 

(d) Give a brief sketch of Washington, stating when 
and where born, his education, first employment, military 
training, and at least three battles of the Revolution in which 
he figured in person. 

(e) Name four distinguished statesmen of the Revo- 
lution. 

4. (a) What great measure was passed by Congress in 1787 ? 
What influence had this measure on the growth of the country ? 

(b) What is the Federal Constitution ? Who was the 
first President under this Constitution ? 

(c) What territories have the United States purchased 
at different times, and from whom ? 

(d) What "right" did Great Britain claim, which was 
the chief cause of the war of 1812-15 ? 

(e) Name the Presidents in order from Washington to 
Cleveland, and name those who were re-elected. 

5. (a) Who was President during the Mexican War ? Why 
was a portion of the New England people sternly opposed to 
this war ? Name three American generals who distinguished 
themselves in this war. 

(b) What celebrated measures were passed by Congress 
in 1819-20 and 1850 ? How did the admission of Texas and 
the acquisition of new territory to the Pacific interfere with 
the celebrated act of 1819-20 ? 

(c) What do you mean by a civil war ? From your 
general reading, name some civil wars that took place in 
other countries. Why did the South take up arms against 
the Union ? Why was the North bound to succeed in the 
long run ? Who was commander-in-chief of all the land and 
naval forces of the United States from 1861 to 1865 ? 

(d) What great fortification was captured by Grant in 
July, 1863 ? Who was the Confederate commander ? Give a 
brief account of the capture of this stronghold. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION' PAPERS— HISTORY. 60 

(e) What two great generals were opposed to each other 
in the series of skirmishes and battles that immediately pre- 
ceded the capture of Atlanta ? Who superseded the Con- 
federate commander at a critical moment ? What American 
hero captured the city of Mobile ? 



Normal College, 1889. 
Time, 1£ hours. 



1. From what monarchs did Columbus beg in vain for aid 
to enable him to discover a passage to the East Indies ? 
What sovereigns finally furnished him with an outfit ? With 
how many vessels did he sail ? With how many did he reach 
the West Indies, and with how many did he return ? 

2. Who were the Puritans ? Why were they so called ? 
When and where did they land in America ? What States 
did they settle ? What Indian wars occurred in New Eng- 
land ? What form of government did the Puritans es- 
tablish ? 

3. Who settled Virginia, North and South Carolina ? What 
was the character of the first settlers ? When was South 
Carolina first settled ? 

4:. State the causes of the French and Indian war and of 
the Eevolutionary War. State the most important event in 
the following years: 1759, 1763, 1775, 1776, 1777. 

5. What great American was mainly instrumental in se- 
curing French aid and in forming the treaty of alliance with 
France ? Name four distinguished Frenchmen who aided 
America in the Eevolution. 

6. What is the Constitution of the United States ? What 
are the three great divisions of the government ? Which di- 
vision imposes taxes ? Which enforces the laws ? 

7. What States were introduced into the Union between 
1789 and 1800 ? What was the Missouri Compromise ? Give 
its date. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEES — HISTORY. 61 

8. What historical event is connected with each of the fol- 
lowing names : Oliver H. Perry, Samuel E. B. Morse, De Witt 
Clinton, Mason and Slidell, and John Ericsson ? 

9. What States passed ordinances of secession after the 
general election of 1860 ? 

10. What Union officer' commanded the land forces at An- 
tietam ? at Gettysburg ? at Atlanta ? at Vicksburg ? and the 
naval forces at Mobile ? 



Normal College, 1890. 

1. How long did the Dutch hold New Amsterdam? In 
whose reign was it captured by the English ? Who was the 
English military officer who captured it ? Who had the better 
right to the territory, the Dutch or the English ? State the 
reasons. 

2. Describe the Conway Cabal. What was the most im- 
portant battle of the Revolution ? Why ? Who were the 
respective commanders ? Name fche members of the commit- 
tee who drafted the Declaration of Independence. What 
important military event virtually ended the Revolutionary 
War? 

3. Name the three great departments of the United States 
government. Who is the chief officer of the national govern- 
ment ? Who is the chief officer of the State government ? 
Who is the chief officer of the city government ? Who is the 
commander-in-chief of all the military and naval forces of 
the United States ? State how a President of the United 
States is elected. 

4. When and by whom were slaves introduced into the 
colony of Virginia ? What celebrated act was passed by Con- 
gress in 1787 ? And what effect had it on the slavery ques- 
tion ? When was the Compromise Bill passed ? Explain 
this bill. 

5. By what act was the Confederate war commenced ? By 
what battle was it ended? Who was the great Secretary 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — HISTOEY. 62 

of the Treasury during this war ? Name five battles in 
Avhich General Grant was the chief commander. In which 
of these did he capture whole armies ? What two Presidents 
were assassinated ? What two died in office ? 



Normal College, 1891. 



1. Who discovered and explored the St. Lawrence Eiver ? 
Who discovered the Mississippi Eiver ? Who subsequently 
explored it ? What two nations claimed the valleys of the 
Ohio and the Mississippi ? State the claim of each. What 
was the result of the French and Indian war ? What Eng- 
lish general captured the citadel of Louisburg ? 

2. Describe briefly the route of Burgoyne in his invasion 
of New York. What battles were fought ? Who was the 
American commander ? What American officers distin- 
guished themselves in this campaign ? What great Ameri- 
can was chiefly instrumental in forming treaties of alliance 
with France and other European countries ? 

3. Give a brief explanation of the government of the 
United States, stating, first, the form of government; second, 
the three great departments of the government; third, the 
powers and duties of each department; and fourth, the prin- 
cipal officer in each department. 

4. Who was President during the war of 181 -15 ? Who 
gained the great naval victory on Lake Erie ? Who was 
President when the Missouri Compromise Bill was passed ? 
Explain this bill. Who was President during the Mexican 
War? What territory was acquired at the end of this 
war? 

5. There were two great victories gained in July, 1863: 
name them. Who commanded the Union army in the East 
— who in the West? What three important cities did Sher- 
man capture in his celebrated march to the sea ? What was 
the grand result of the great Civil War ? 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEKS — HISTORY. 63 

Normal College, 1892. 
Time, 2 hours. 

1. (a) By what people was America discovered prior to 
Columbus, and what part of the American continent did they 
touch ? 

(b) Eelate the history of Hudson and his voyages. 

(c) When and where was the first English settlement 
made in America ? 

2. (a) Name the three wars prior to the French and In- 
dian war caused by troubles in Europe. 

(b) Write a brief account of the Salem witchcraft. 

(c) AVhat languages were spoken in New York in the 
latter part of the seventeenth century ? 

3. (a) What action did the Continental Congress of 1774 
take, and what action was taken by the second Continental 
Congress in 1775 ? 

(b) Give a brief account of the battle of Long Island. 

(c) What great naval victory was gained by Paul Jones ? 

(d) Name five noted statesmen of the Eevolutionary 
period. 

(e) Name the captors of Major Andre and state how 
they were rewarded. 

4. (a) Where was the seat of government when Washing- 
ton was inaugurated ? 

(b) What is meant by the so-called " era of good feel- 
ing" and who was President at the time? 

(c) Write a short sketch of Mr. Lincoln's life previous 
to his becoming President. 

5. (a) Name the States that seceded in 1861. 

(b) In what city was the Confederate government first 
established and to what city was it subsequently removed ? 

(c) Give a brief account of the battle of Gettysburg. 



SPELLING. 



College of the City of New York, 1888. 

Capacity is an absolute necessity of naval command, as the 
fate of the Spanish Armada signally showed, and the most 
patrician communities have one by one been compelled to 
yield up the claims of rank and descent in the command of 
the sea. It is the arena where new men can rise to power, 
and among the Vikings were men who felt this and rose ac- 
cordingly. Hence the difficulty of identifying the greatest 
among them in that ninth century, when they were in the 
midst of the destructive worjs: that preceded settlement and 
occupancy. 

An attack of ague. An arbitrary decision. 

The skilful artisan. A prolific brain. 

Anxious thoughts. Triumphant shouts. 

Individual peculiarities. Wholesome correction. 

A disastrous engagement. A handsome legacy. 

Lincoln. Idaho. 

Bismarck. Amherst. 

Teneriffe. Boulogne. 

Sumatra. Hebrides. 



College of the City of New York, 1889. 

The queen is upon terms of the greatest cordiality with 
Lord Melbourne, and very naturally. Everything is new and 
delightful to her. She is surrounded with the most exciting 
and interesting enjoyments ; her occupations, her pleasures, 
her business, her court, all present an unceasing round of 
gratifications. "With all her prudence and discretion she has 
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66 



great animal spirits, 
of her position with 

Bachelor. 

Deceit. 

Decrease. 

Appetite. 

Elephant. 

Acre. 

Bullion. 

Recitation. 

Delicacy. 

Behavior. 



and enters into the magnificent novelties 
the zest and curiosity of a child. 



Electrotype. 

Foreign. 

Centennial. 

Doubtful. 

Barometer. 

Calico. 

Furious. 

Agreeable. 

Cemetery. 

Advice. 



Amuse. 

Answer. 

Dakota. 

Moscow. 

Nicaragua. 

Dardanelles. 

Paraguay. 

Jefferson. 

Massachusetts. 

Pennsylvania. 



College of the City of New York, 1890. 

The mongoose is one of the drollest of animals, and he has 
no fault except mischief of a personal kind. But for humor- 
ous surprises he has unequalled ingenuity. If a strange lady 
entered, my mongoose slipped out of sight, crept up the hang- 
ings without a rustle, and when the lady was most interested 
in explaining her business, he stretched his long body and 
introduced a very cold nose between her hair and her collar. 



Procession. 


Seizure. 


Synonymous. 


Debtor. 


Shriek. 


Effervescent. 


Address. 


Professor. 


Righteous. 


Receipt. 


Grievance. 


Incessant. 


Excitement. 


Irritate. 


Campaign. 


Telegraphic. 


Obey. 


Emphasis. 


Programme. 


Criticism. 


Scientific. 


Wheelwright. 


Acquit. 


Exchange. 


Bordeaux. 


Rhode Island. 


Raleigh. 



College of the City of New York, 1891. 

1. If the jealousy of the Parliament and of the nation 
made it impossible for the king to maintain a formidable 
standing army, no similar impediment prevented him from 
making England the first of maritime powers. (Macaulay.) 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION" PAPEKS — SPELLING. 67 

2. For many days the vessel was tossed about and all on 
board were filled with apprehensions, and no little indignation 
against the author of their calamities. (Prescott.) 

3. The second was an inquiry how it could be rendered 
practicable to discuss political matters in future — a proceed- 
ing now impossible, in consequence of the perverseness and 
arrogance of certain functionaries, and one which whenever 
attempted always led to the same inevitable result. (Motley.) 



College of the City of New York, 1892. 

The great historic systems of writing are of such immense an- 
tiquity that their history has to be explained to a great extent 
by the aid of conjecture and analogy. Hence the rudimentary 
forms of picture writing which we find among the less cul- 
tured races are of considerable interest and value, inasmuch as 
they throw light on the earlier stages of the development of 
graphic symbols. (Isaac Taylor.) 

Austria at first ostensibly favored the Poles. The Vienna 
and St. Petersbury Cabinets were at that time far from 
friendly. Austria suspected and feared the Russian plots to 
excite rebellion in Turkey, which could not but be prejudicial 
to her interests. Eussia, the foremost advocate of passive 
and slavish obedience, scruples not, when it suits her plans, to 
foment rebellion among her neighbors. Bismarck had en- 
deavored to draw Austria on the side of Eussia. The treaty 
with Eussia before mentioned made the question a European 
one. (Dyer.) 



Normal College, June, 1888. 



The adoption of the Federal Constitution was another 
epoch in the life of Washington. Before the official forms 
of an election could be carried into operation a unanimous 
sentiment throughout the Union pronounced him the nation's 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPEKS — SPELLING. 68 

choice for the presidential chair. He looked forward to the 
possibility of his election with characteristic modesty and un- 
feigned reluctance, as his letters to his confidential friends 
bear witness. " It has no fascinating allurements for me/' 
writes he to Lafayette. " Let those follow the pursuits of 
ambition who have a keener relish for them." In reply to a 
letter from Colonel Henry Lee, he wrote: "The event to 
which you allude may never happen. This consideration 
alone would supersede the expediency of announcing any 
definitive and irrevocable resolution." 

At the frontier of Pennsylvania he was met by his for- 
mer companion in arms, Mifflin, now Governor of the State, 
who with Judge Peters and a civil and military escort was 
waiting to receive him. Washington had hoped to be spared 
all military parade, but found it was not to be evaded. At 
Chester there were preparations for a public entrance into 
Philadelphia. 

The ladies of Trenton had caused a triumphal arch to 
be erected. It was entwined with evergreens and laurels and 
bore the inscription, " The defender of the mothers will be 
the protector of the daughters." Never was ovation more 
graceful, touching, and sincere. His progress through New 
Jersey afforded a contrast to his weary marchings to and fro, 
harassed with doubts and perplexities in the time of the 
Eevolution. 



Normal College, 1889. 



1. The marble palace of the sovereign, with its arcades and 
corridors, its terraces and courts, its lakes and groves and 
gardens, rilled a circuit of ten miles ; its wide expanse of roof, 
profusely wrought in gold, rested upon hundreds of pillars 
of pure gold cunningly adorned in arabesque of azure to 
heighten the native richness of the yellow metal. 

2. The rage of the Portuguese and the admiration of the 
Spaniards were alike blind. Neither nation was aware that 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — SPELLING. 69 

the newly discovered land was inhabited by savages. The 
general impression prevailed that the Bahama Islands and 
the West Indies were only outlying portions of Cathay. 

3. He rode to the leach on a chestnut horse which he tied to 
a branch of a leech tree. He waited for the tide to rise and 
then with oars he rowed o'er the river. He met a young 
Dane who would not deign to help him to load his boat with 
a lale of cotton. A stranger said he would go lail for his 
wages. 

Philip. Canada. 

Hannibal. Jamaica. 

Matthew. Havana. 

Benjamin. Savannah. 

Ephraim. Missouri. 



Normal College, 1890. 



In a cabinet council it was determined to supersede the 
French minister's diplomatic functions, deprive him of the 
consequent privileges and arrest his person; a message to 
Congress was in preparation at this critical juncture, when 
dispatches came from Gouverneur Morris announcing the 
minister's recall. . . . The partisans of France were now 
in the ascendant. It was scouted as pusillanimous any longer 
to hold terms with Great Britain. . . . The populace was 
belligerent and every means taken by the press and the 
democratic societies to exasperate this feeling. Washing- 
ton, however, was too morally brave to be clamored out of 
his wise moderation by such taunts and inflammatory ap- 
peals. 

The school was built on a lonely site. 
Satan can cite scripture. 
The ascent of the mountain was difficult. 
The lord of the manor was a laron. 
Accessible. Gypsy. Dorothy. 

Defensible. Apostasy. Cynthia. 



COLLEGE 


EXAMINATION PAPEBS- 


-SPELLING. 


Allotted. 


Cannibal. 


Eustace. 


Arable. 


Cavalier. 


Cornelius. 


Typical. 


Holiday. 


Bartholomew. 


Oracle. 


Prelate. 


Malaga. 


Caravan. 


Colossal. 


Philippine. 


Orifice. 


Zephyr. 


Ararat. 


Elicit. 


Rescind. 


Caracas. 


Cemetery. 


Pigeon. 


Sicily. 



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Normal College, 1891. 

The expedition which sailed from Halifax against Louis- 
burg, under the command of Brigadier-General Amherst, con- 
sisted of twenty ships of the line, eighteen frigates, and an 
army of fourteen thousand men. After a siege of a few days 
the fortress was surrendered. At the same time Cape Breton 
fell into the hands of the British. 

Colonel Bradstreet solicited and obtained permission to 
surprise and seize Fort Frontenac at the northwest outlet of 
Lake Ontario. With three thousand soldiers he moved with 
celerity, took the fort, and with it nine armed vessels, sixty 
cannon, sixteen mortars, and a great quantity of ammunition. 

The campaign closed with honor to the colonies. Prepara- 
tion was made for the greater achievements of 1759. A treaty 
of peace and friendship was made with the Indians inhabiting 
the lands between the Appalachian Mountains, the Alle- 
ghanies, and the lakes. 



Absinthe. 


Jocund. 


Raillery. 


Bacchanal. 


Kangaroo. 


Scythian. 


Calcimine. 


Labyrinth. 


Taciturnity, 


Daguerreotype. 


Lorraine. 


Utility. 


Edible. 


Maceration. 


Vitriol. 


Farinaceous. 


Nutritious. 


Thibet. 


Gibbeting. 


Ocular. 


Galilee. 


Hypnotize. 


Pelican. 


Edinburgh. 


Immutable. 


Quiescence. 


Grenada. 



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Normal College, 1892. 

Thomas Campbell. 

To the suggestion and eloquent advocacy of this distin- 
guished man the London University is said to have owed its 
origin. 

" The Pleasures of Hope " is a splendid poem. Its polish 
is exquisite, its topics felicitously chosen, and its illustration 
natural and beautiful. He lifts you up to an exceedingly 
high mountain, and you see all nature in her loveliness, and 
man in the truth of his character, with hope irradiating, 
cheering and sustaining him in the numerous ills of life. 
" Gertrude of Wyoming " is preferred by some readers even 
to his " Pleasures of Hope." It is a sad tale, told with ten- 
derness as well as genius. But if these had never been writ- 
ten, his songs would have given him claims as a first-rate poet. 



Censure. 

Defamation. 

Degradation. 

Irritate. 

Irascible. 

Inflammation. 

Illicit. 



Incense. 

Hygiene. 

Homicide. 

Heresy. 

Galaxy. 

Feudal. 

Sacrilegious. 



Susceptible. 

Morrisania. 

Abyssinia. 

Christiana. 

Finisterre. 

Eyswick. 



DRAWING. 



College of the City of New York and Normal College, 
Different Years* 

1. Draw a spiral, three convolutions. 

2. An equilateral triangle, every side an oblique line of 
four inches. 

3. A hexagon inscribed in an equilateral triangle. 

4. A vase in simple outline, six inches in height. 

5. From the solid a right pyramid on a book; a pyramid 
and cylinder; an hexagonal prism standing on its base; an 
octagonal prism standing on its base. 

6. Draw an original design with a vertical border consist- 
ing of cordate leaves, not less than six inches long. 

7. In a square of two and one-half inches inscribe an oc- 
tagon. 

8. Draw an example of a bisymmetrical historic ornament. 

9. A trefoil, the sides of the triangle three inches each. 

10. Draw two concentric squares, the inner square four 
inches and the outer five inches. 

11. Draw one of the following solids: Octagonal prism, 
hexagonal prism, cylinder, cube, and pyramid, pyramid and 
plinth. 

12. Draw a regular octagon, sides one inch. 

13. Draw as an original design a conventional border of 
hastate or cordate leaves or both combined. 

14. Draw a natural-lobed leaf and conventionalize it. 

15. Draw a Moresque, Greek, or Egyptian ornament. 

16. Draw in an equilateral triangle whose side is six inches 
an original design consisting of an ivy and an oak leaf. 

17. Make an original design of a surface-covering, using 
two different units, the minimum size six inches square. 



COLLEGE EXAMINATION PAPERS — DRAWING. 74 

18. Make an original design for a circular border, mini- 
mum diameter five inches. 

19. Make an original design of flower-and-leaf ornament 
for octagonal space. 

20. Draw one example of surface- covering consisting of 
the repetition of a geometric unit. 

21. Draw the anthemion, its vertical axis five inches; the 
astragal, two units. 



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